my age would disagree with that assessment. i appreciate republicans now concerned about our spending. just to be clear during the trump administration, the national debt rose $6.7 trillion. right now what we re looking at after capital infrastructure investment is an investment in our human infrastructure. and that includes those embattled with student loan debt and paying for early childhood education, which is more expensive than student loan debt, this is an investment in our generation and our future. it s an investment in elderly care, which many of us are taking on that burden. so the republicans the white house has signalled that they want republicans at the table and want joe manchin at the table. they need to come to some consensus but they would be mart for our generation to look at these investments. charles: here s the thing,